Information for record number MWA6624:
Neolithic Flint Scatter found in Bidford on Avon.

Summary Findspot - a flint scatter of Neolithic date was found 200m north west of Bidford Bridge.
What Is It?  
Type: Flint Scatter
Period: Early Neolithic - Early Bronze Age (4000 BC - 2351 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bidford on Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 09 51
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A retouched flake recovered in 1988 at SP09755185.
2 A large group of Neolithic flints recovered in 1989. The group consists of worked and waste flakes, a sidescraper, a scraper with retouch along both sides of the tool edge.
3 Flint recovered in 1989.
4 Six tools and four pieces of production waste found in 1987 at SP09755185.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1645
Author/originator: Pickin J L
Date: 1988
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1645
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1735
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1989
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1735
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1471
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1990
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1471
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 814
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1987
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: E/814
   
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source WMEF Warwickshire Museum Enquiry Form. These are forms that are filled in when a person brings an object to Warwickshire Museum to be identified. Amongst the information recorded on the form are details such as a description of the object, where and when it was found, and in some cases a sketch or photographs of it. Copies of the form can be viewed at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Neolithic About 4000 BC to 2351 BC

The word ‘Neolithic’ means ‘New Stone Age’. Archaeologists split up the Neolithic period into three phases; early, middle and late. The Neolithic period comes after the Mesolithic period and before the Bronze Age.

People in the Neolithic period hunted and gathered food as their ancestors had but they were also began to farm. They kept animals and grew crops. This meant that they were able to settle more permanently in one location instead of constantly moving from place to place to look for food.
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period Bronze Age About 2500 BC to 700 BC

The Bronze Age comes after the Neolithic period and before the Iron Age.

The day to day life of people in the Bronze Age probably changed little from how their ancestors had lived during the Neolithic period. They still lived in farmsteads, growing crops and rearing animals.

During the Bronze Age people discovered how to use bronze, an alloy of tin and copper (hence the name that has given to this era). They used it to make their tools and other objects, although they continued to use flint and a range of organic materials as well. A range of bronze axes, palstaves and spears has been found in Warwickshire.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument FLINT SCATTER * A spatially discrete, though sometimes extensive, scatter of flint artefacts recovered from the surface, eg. by fieldwalking, rather than from a particular archaeological context. back

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